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Which players deserved investigation for the Los Angeles Clippers problems in 2023-24?

Jul 8, 2023Nov 1, 2023

Nov 1, 2023 — Lawrence Frank

The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Filip Petrusev. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.

LAC on 2023-11-01: the governed pre-decision team-need layer did not support a target-fit conclusion. 1 candidate(s) had a source directly linking them to the team. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.

Team-need evidence unavailable2 candidates — ordered by team link, then need match, then evidence. No target score.
James Hardencap charge $35.7M
Market route
A source directly linked this player to the team
Need addressed
Withheld Team-need evidence unavailable
Observed functions
passing · creation · shooting
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Public offer-shape evidence available
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

James Harden: a source directly linked James Harden to LAC. The team-need comparison was not supported. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $35,680,595 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2023 CBA transition-year rules)
Incoming salary: $35.7MTeam position proxy: At or above the second apron (proxy)Cap-room lane (+$250K): minimum outgoing $35.7MStandard lane (100% + allowance): minimum outgoing $35.7MExpanded lane (200% / scaled buffer / 125%): minimum outgoing $28.1MTransition lane (110% + allowance): minimum outgoing $32.4M

era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 1.3 per 100 (O 1.5 / D -0.1) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

OG Anunobycap charge $18.6M
Market route
Not open to this team at the decision date
Need addressed
Withheld Team-need evidence unavailable
Observed functions
event creation · rim protection · interior finishing
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Withheld No public price evidence before the decision
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

OG Anunoby: the reported route for OG Anunoby was rejected, expired, agreed elsewhere, or otherwise not open. The team-need comparison was not supported. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $18,642,857 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2023 CBA transition-year rules)
Incoming salary: $18.6MTeam position proxy: At or above the second apron (proxy)Cap-room lane (+$250K): minimum outgoing $18.6MStandard lane (100% + allowance): minimum outgoing $18.6MExpanded lane (200% / scaled buffer / 125%): minimum outgoing $11.0MTransition lane (110% + allowance): minimum outgoing $16.9M

era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 0.9 per 100 (O 0.4 / D 0.5) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.

Nov 1, 2023 — Lawrence Frank

The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in P.J. Tucker. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.

LAC on 2023-11-01: the governed pre-decision team-need layer did not support a target-fit conclusion. 1 candidate(s) had a source directly linking them to the team. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.

Team-need evidence unavailable2 candidates — ordered by team link, then need match, then evidence. No target score.
James Hardencap charge $35.7M
Market route
A source directly linked this player to the team
Need addressed
Withheld Team-need evidence unavailable
Observed functions
passing · creation · shooting
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Public offer-shape evidence available
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

James Harden: a source directly linked James Harden to LAC. The team-need comparison was not supported. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $35,680,595 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2023 CBA transition-year rules)
Incoming salary: $35.7MTeam position proxy: At or above the second apron (proxy)Cap-room lane (+$250K): minimum outgoing $35.7MStandard lane (100% + allowance): minimum outgoing $35.7MExpanded lane (200% / scaled buffer / 125%): minimum outgoing $28.1MTransition lane (110% + allowance): minimum outgoing $32.4M

era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 1.3 per 100 (O 1.5 / D -0.1) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

OG Anunobycap charge $18.6M
Market route
Not open to this team at the decision date
Need addressed
Withheld Team-need evidence unavailable
Observed functions
event creation · rim protection · interior finishing
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Withheld No public price evidence before the decision
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

OG Anunoby: the reported route for OG Anunoby was rejected, expired, agreed elsewhere, or otherwise not open. The team-need comparison was not supported. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $18,642,857 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2023 CBA transition-year rules)
Incoming salary: $18.6MTeam position proxy: At or above the second apron (proxy)Cap-room lane (+$250K): minimum outgoing $18.6MStandard lane (100% + allowance): minimum outgoing $18.6MExpanded lane (200% / scaled buffer / 125%): minimum outgoing $11.0MTransition lane (110% + allowance): minimum outgoing $16.9M

era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 0.9 per 100 (O 0.4 / D 0.5) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.

Nov 1, 2023 — Lawrence Frank

The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in James Harden. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.

LAC on 2023-11-01: the governed pre-decision team-need layer did not support a target-fit conclusion. 1 candidate(s) had a source directly linking them to the team. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.

Team-need evidence unavailable2 candidates — ordered by team link, then need match, then evidence. No target score.
James HardenAcquired in the completed transactioncap charge $35.7M
Market route
A source directly linked this player to the team
Need addressed
Withheld Team-need evidence unavailable
Observed functions
passing · creation · shooting
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Completed package observed: 4 player(s) + 1 first(s) + 2 second(s) + 2 swap(s)
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

James Harden: a source directly linked James Harden to LAC. The team-need comparison was not supported. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $35,680,595 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2023 CBA transition-year rules)
Incoming salary: $35.7MTeam position proxy: At or above the second apron (proxy)Cap-room lane (+$250K): minimum outgoing $35.7MStandard lane (100% + allowance): minimum outgoing $35.7MExpanded lane (200% / scaled buffer / 125%): minimum outgoing $28.1MTransition lane (110% + allowance): minimum outgoing $32.4M

era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 1.3 per 100 (O 1.5 / D -0.1) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

OG Anunobycap charge $18.6M
Market route
Not open to this team at the decision date
Need addressed
Withheld Team-need evidence unavailable
Observed functions
event creation · rim protection · interior finishing
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Withheld No public price evidence before the decision
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

OG Anunoby: the reported route for OG Anunoby was rejected, expired, agreed elsewhere, or otherwise not open. The team-need comparison was not supported. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $18,642,857 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2023 CBA transition-year rules)
Incoming salary: $18.6MTeam position proxy: At or above the second apron (proxy)Cap-room lane (+$250K): minimum outgoing $18.6MStandard lane (100% + allowance): minimum outgoing $18.6MExpanded lane (200% / scaled buffer / 125%): minimum outgoing $11.0MTransition lane (110% + allowance): minimum outgoing $16.9M

era-correct salary lane screen only; exact apron team salary, post-trade salary, aggregation, exception inventory, guarantees, bonuses and full package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 0.9 per 100 (O 0.4 / D 0.5) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.